Woman To Sue Town Over Police Incident

Newington News Notes

October 03, 1995

A Portland woman has notified the town that she intends to seek damages in connection with a June incident at the police station.

Mary Walton claims the police falsely arrested and detained her after she was asked to come to the police department June 19, according to a letter her attorney, Gerald E. Farrell Jr., wrote to the town.

Walton says that while she was there she was ``violently attacked'' in the parking lot by a woman, and that police should have known the other woman would be there and that she might attack Walton. After the alleged attack, Walton claims, she was detained for 3 1/2 hours.

Police Chief Richard Klett declined to comment on the details of the case, but he did say the police were not responsible for the disturbance. ``We did nothing wrong,'' Klett said.

Both Walton and the other woman were charged with breach of peace after the incident in the parking lot, Klett said. Walton had been asked to come to the police station to discuss a harassment complaint, he said.